K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker is a 2002 independent historical movie about one of the first Soviet nuclear submarines. The film is directed and produced by Kathryn Bigelow. The lead actors are Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. The film had mixed reviews and did not make much money. The film had a budget of $90 million.

 Plot  
Captain Alexei Vostrikov commands a ballistic submarine with executive officer Mikhail Polenin. Vostrikov replaces a drunk reactor officer with Radtchenko. The ship tests missiles near the United States. Vostikov has the ship do risky things like crash into the icecaps. One of the rods of the nuclear reactant gets damaged. Men are exposed to radiation and get sick. Vostrikov says no to American help. The fixed pipe leaks and torpedo fuel catches fire. Tension arises between officers and commanders. Radtchenko fixes the problem. Polenin tricks the officers and arrests them. Vostrikov has the submarine dive to avoid overheating. Later in the Soviet Union, Vostrikov is tried for breaking orders. Polenin defends Vostrikov. Twenty-seven men had died from the radiation. Many years later, Vostrikov and Polenin meet again at the cemetery. Vostrikov toasts and honors the dead men.

 Cast 

 Harrison Ford as Captain 2nd Rank Alexei Vostrikov, Commanding Officer
 Liam Neeson as Captain 3rd Rank Mikhail "Misha" Polenin, Executive Officer
 Peter Sarsgaard as Lieutenant Vadim Radtchenko, Reactor Officer
 Joss Ackland as Marshal Zolentsov, Defence Minister
 John Shrapnel as Admiral Bratyeev
 Donald Sumpter as Captain 3rd Rank Gennadi Savran, Medical Officer
 Tim Woodward as Vice-Admiral Konstantin Partonov
 Steve Nicolson as Captain 3rd Rank Yuri Demichev, Torpedo Officer
 Ravil Isyanov as Captain 3rd Rank Igor Suslov, Political Officer
 Christian Camargo as Petty Officer Pavel Loktev, Senior Reactor Technician
 George Anton as Captain-Lieutenant Konstantin Poliansky, Missile Officer
 James Francis Ginty as Seaman Anatoly Subachev, Reactor Technician
 Lex Shrapnel as Captain-Lieutenant Mikhail Kornilov, Communications Officer
 Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Captain 3rd Rank Viktor Gorelov, Chief Engineer
 Sam Spruell as Senior Seaman Dmitri Nevsky
 Sam Redford as Petty Officer 2nd Class Vasily Mishin
 Peter Stebbings as Kuryshev
 Shaun Benson as Chief Petty Officer Leonid Pashinski
 Kristen Holden-Ried as Captain-Lieutenant Anton Malahov
 Dmitry Chepovetsky as Sergei Maximov
 Tygh Runyan as Petty Officer 1st Class Maxim Portenko, Sonar Operator
 Jacob Pitts as Grigori
 Michael Gladis as Senior Seaman Yevgeny Borzenkov
 JJ Feild as Andrei Pritoola
 Peter Oldring as Vanya Belov
 Joshua Close as Viktor
 Jeremy Akerman as Fyodor Tsetkov, Captain of the S-270

 References 

Category:2002 movies
Category:2000s historical movies
Category:American historical movies
Category:British historical movies
Category:German historical movies
Category:Canadian historical movies